Typhoon signal unlikely in Hong Kong over weekend but at least 18 flights to Japan axed
The likelihood of a typhoon warning signal being issued in Hong Kong over the weekend is low, as…
Japan wants 60 million tourists, but China isn’t sending them
Japan has found a new export industry and it doesn’t come off an assembly line. It arrives by…
Typhoon Bavi lashes Japan’s southern islands as Taiwan evacuates thousands
Taipei/Ishigaki, Okinawa Pref. – Typhoon Bavi pummeled Japan’s southern Sakishima Island chain with heavy rain and violent winds…
Japanese space probe, size of a fridge, flies near asteroid in planet defence test
A Japanese space probe performed a fly-by of a near-Earth asteroid on Sunday, in a test mission for…
China’s pressure campaign tests Trump’s commitment to Japan
Beijing’s move this week to add 20 more Japanese entities to its export-control list is the latest chapter…
Japan and South Korea scramble fighters in response to Chinese-Russian bomber patrol
Japan and South Korea scrambled fighter jets in response to a joint Russian-Chinese bomber patrol on Saturday. The…
US and allies flex military muscle on China’s doorstep with multi-front drills
When Japan quietly deployed members of its elite airborne brigade for parachute drills in the Philippines’ northernmost province…
Are Japan-Philippines talks a maritime red line for China’s blue-water ambitions?
And, experts warn, these talks – part of a highly calculated geopolitical effort by US allies – could…
‘A flying White House’: Trump’s Air Force One fuels fascination in China
Even before US President Donald Trump touched down in Beijing on Wednesday, the first act of the China-US…
Japan takes U.S. Futenma base’s delayed relocation ‘seriously’
Thirty years after Tokyo and Washington agreed on a handover, Japan takes the fact that the site of…
On westernmost Yonaguni, geopolitics can’t spoil the island’s aura
Yonaguni, Okinawa Pref. – Yonaguni, Japan’s westernmost point, rises from the sea like a crown. With few sandy…
Did you know?: Shiokawa, saltwater river in Motobu Town, Okinawa
(Illustration by Yukiyo Oda/Stripes Japan) Shiokawa is a 300-meter river in Okinawa’s Motobu town. It seems small, but…